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A country froze its own rivers on purpose. ❄️
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Heartwarming HumanityOct 17, 2026

A country froze its own rivers on purpose. ❄️

A country froze its own rivers on purpose. ❄️ . . . In Mongolia, Anglo-Mongolian firm ECOS & EMI, led by geologist Robin Grayson, revived a Soviet-era 'naled' method: pumping winter river water into open air at -30°C to build ice sheets up to 7 meters thick. They melt slowly through summer, cooling the air and watering herders' grass. The grid they fight isn't power — it's climate.

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